MR. STANLEY WILSON (Yorkshire, E.R., Holderness)To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can indicate the extent and nature of liabilities incurred by officers of Volunteer corps in respect of their regiments other than those connected with the cost of drill halls and ranges.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The liabilities in question consist of debts incurred in the general administration of the corps, including clothing, etc. From Returns rendered up to 31st March, 1906, the net debtor balance of the Volunteer Force taken as a whole amounted to £278,000, and there were private funds in hand amounting to £73,000. The Capitation Grant paid on 1st April, 1906, amounted to £596,000.